Improvement in locks for bale-ties



D. OLMSTED.

LOCKS FOB. BALE-TIES.

No. 180,910. Patented Aug.8, 1876.

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' net wehen" the baud so vin UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID oLns'rEn, or Misssnroms, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT iN LOCKS FOR SALE-TIES.

speci'fention forming pnrtvof Lettersiutent No. 180,910, dated August E,1876,' application tiled 5 July 19,1876.

" To all wlm' it may concern;l y y 'A .B0 tLkHOWu that 1,-1nvmvOmirsrn'n, of i,nneapolijs, in the conntyof Hennepin andStntegotilldiunesota., havelinvented certain 1m. i "-prove'm'entsinLocks for Bands, BalefTies, die.,

"'I'ot'"` whifeh" the following isn specilieation:

. Myin'vention consistsof s novel lock or .fnsteniug for bends forbinding bundles ot' .g'grniinfcottonbales, and similar articles, as

hereinafter more fully explained.

Figure 1` isa plan or face view of the two ends of u bend made on myplan. Figs. L', 3, `4', and 5 are views of the same united as in jjnse.1.ig.(isnlongitudinal section on the '-line ra: of Fig. 5.

. Thisuvention muy beconsidered as an im provemeut orrtliejplun otlockingr or securing i 'iftogetherthe eudsof abend yshown; in the pnt.-ntgiantedlto ine-January 11, 1876, numbered .I ,',Qthcf'objectbeiug-tofsecnre a. stronger more eliijcient fnsteui g, and onev thatwill uch in its construcfti loclm A' A ,1., one or-rnore #shzipedtonguesnl ofthe band, mid'loeking the bend ignesfof one 'end ot" the y bandinthe ed byfcuttingr the Atongues in the v v Asfthes'e were runde tiletongues fvere'entirely severed atene' "eud,'\vhile in my present" pianiavoid this, thusgreudering both 3 @be bend? andthe 'locking stronger,which is u great object;v The manner in' which I accomplish thisisshownin the drawings.

Having 'provided n band ofthe required size,

l punch or cut in each of its endsA and B a series 0frightuugled slotsor cuts, as shown in Fig. '1, thus forming,r at each cut a. tongue, c,which is severed only across one end and along one side, thus leavingits opposite end and side solidly 'attached tothe body of the bund. Theends'are tiren lapped one u pou the other, the ends of thetouguescpushed through the cuts in the other piece or end, and the bandpulled, so as to draw the tongues endwise agsiustV the solid metal atthe end of the. slits, as represented in Figs. 2,15, 4, und 5, thearrows in Fig. .l indicating the direction in which the parts A and Bare drawn after the ends of the tongues have entered the slits.

By examining Fig.6 itwill beseen that these tongues and slits euch forma double lock, for

asieteeted by ont,

the reason that ivhile the tongues cof thenn- .bund are an exuctduplicate of' those in the other end, :is shown in Fig. 1. Iucuttingthese slits the corners ot' the tongues c ure naturally bent down orinude to protrude slightly beyond the face oi` the bund, so that whenthe ends of the bund are placed one upou'the other, with the slits overcach other, the points or corners of' the tongues will l slits, afterwhich itis only necessnryto pully them tight, thus. making thelockingot'v the band a very simple und easy matter.. These slits muy beduplicated to :my desired-extent, and muy be arranged or located :it.various vpoints,.u`-i represented in the drawings. For

.instance in FigJ.: there are tu'opuirs, those of each pair beingarranged opposiweaelrother transversely, While in Figs. 3 uud"4 they nrcshown arranged diugoually. This latter plan is preferable, especiallywhere the bands are narrow, :is it leaves more ot the metal unsevered atany one point across the band.

As these tongues ure not required to be of much width in order tointerlock-only two or three times the thickness of the bund-a largenumber oi' them muy be made iu a. baud of ngiven Width, therebynutkinguverystrong' and secure fastening.

This fastening is equully well adapted fOr use with the paper bonds forbinding grain, described in any putent hen-inbei'ore referred to, andalso to nierullic builds l'or securiugeottolb bales, or indeed to bundslfor any similar use.

When made of inelul i'or cotton-billes, the slits would naturally be.formed in the bnuds before applying them tothe bales, though they muy beinode when applied, und while the bale is iu the press, by using asuitable hnnd-tool to cut the slits. lu the ense ol' pnper bauds forgroin, the slit-s will pret'ernbly be cut by n suitable tool utter thebund is npplied to the bundle, though it muy be done before, in ease ofhnudbinding. In using theni for binding readily enter the `1 retiene ltis obvious that the transverse portion of the slits need not be at anexact right :ingle t'o the longitudinal portions of the sinne, but maybe madevinore or less inclined, :is shown -iii.l `ig.l6. l Indeed, this-pliin has the advantage of Vmaking: lthe corners of 'vt-lie tongues cpoiited',vwhereby they will more reiidill enter 'tiiefslits in the otherpart, and, moreover, will I be more 'securely h'eld therein, beingless'liable to slip outiii case the band should be accident-'jiillyjbeut-or folded' longitudinally.

I 1 "Having tlinsvdescr-ibed' my invention, what nse of a inaehinei l.The hereindeseriit-d lock or fastening for bands, bale-ties, Sie.,consisting oi' one nr more ziiigniiir slits :ind tongues e, formed iiieach end of the bziiid, snbstziiitiaily :is shin'ii :uid

described.

5. A hziiid haring the angular slits and tongues e, formell by cuttingor punching the slits in the solid bod)r ofthe bund zit @zich end, asset forth. Y

3. The herein-described inode or method of locking or fastening theendsot'bziiids by means of the tongues e, and the angular slits whereby thetongues ot' both parts are nitide to en gage against the solid nietal attheir ends, as set forth.

DAVID OLMST-ED.

Witnesses:

HENRY WILSON, PHiNEAs PAGE OLMSTED.

